Completed October 2017

Following on from the IRI2038 Futures Study and the Digitalization and R&D research study, IRI launched its new strategic research platform at the 2016 Member Summit. In consultation with the IRI membership, IRI's Knowledge Leadership team selected the theme of strategic challenges in R&D talent management with individual projects tackling the themes listed below. These projects were on an accelerated timeline and reported out at the 2017 Member Summit. They held initial exploration sessions at the 2016 Member Summit and have now finished working.

With new recruits planning to only stay at organizations for a short period and lifers considering partial retirement, how can an R&D organization effectively plan for the competencies that will be needed now and in the long term?

Objectives:

Identify a set of tools that R&D organizations can use to effectively employ technical liquid talent.

To gain a better understanding of the role of the leader of the R&D function in an organization (e.g. CTO, VP of R&D, CSO; CTO for shorthand), the path that individuals take to that position, the competencies required to function well in the role, how the role functions within a large R&D organization, and the future of that role. To accomplish this, the following elements will be addressed:

Determine commonalities in the path of individuals who are in the role of CTO.

Determine commonalities in the role of CTO as it currently stands in a variety of organizations.

Identify common skills and competencies that CTOs develop along the path to that role.

Hypothesize as to the how the role and the path to it will change in the future.

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Powered largely by content developed within IRI, the Summit is an in-depth exploration of various working group findings and special reports on IRI's year-long initiative on "Stragegic Challenges in R&D Talent Management."